Amoeba Music

California-based fiddler-bandleader Spade Cooley was a major force in the thriving Los Angeles country music scene of the 1940’s. Cooley specialized in a lushly orchestrated, melodic brand of pop country swing that made him immensely successful and—despite the fact that Texas swing kingpin Bob Wills was also based in the area—Cooley won the title “King of Western Swing.” In the mid-1940’s Cooley’s appearances routinely drew huge crowds, and allowed him to score a series of chart-topping hit records and serve as host on one of the most popular television music shows in Southern California. While Cooley’s signal achievements were impressive, his career was sidetracked by a series of heart attacks and ended in tragedy, with a... Read More

City Of Origin:

Pack Saddle Creek, Oklahoma, United States

Genre:

Country, Western Swing

Birthdate:

12/17/1910

Death date:

11/23/1969